''Uropterygius'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moray eel
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family (biology), family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively Marine (ocean), marine, but several species are regu ...
s in the family
Muraenidae
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, ...
.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Uropterygius concolor''
Rüppell, 1838 (Unicolor snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius cyamommatus''
Huang, Liao & Tan, 2023
* ''
Uropterygius fasciolatus''
( Regan, 1909) (Blotched moray)
* ''
Uropterygius fuscoguttatus''
L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Brown spotted snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius genie''
J. E. Randall & Golani, 1995
* ''
Uropterygius golanii''
McCosker & D. G. Smith, 1997
* ''
Uropterygius hades
''Uropterygius'' is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Uropterygius concolor'' Eduard Rüppell, Rüppell, 1838 (Unicolor snake moray)
* ''Uropterygius cyamommatus' ...
''
Huang, Hibino, Balisco & Liao, 2024 (Hades' snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius inornatus''
Gosline, 1958 (Drab snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius kamar''
McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1977 (Barlip reef-eel)
* ''
Uropterygius macrocephalus''
( Bleeker, 1864) (Needle-tooth moray)
* ''
Uropterygius macularius''
( Lesueur, 1825) (Marbled moray)
* ''
Uropterygius marmoratus''
( Lacépède, 1803) (Marbled reef-eel)
* ''
Uropterygius micropterus''
(Bleeker, 1852) (Tidepool snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius nagoensis''
Hatooka, 1984
* ''
Uropterygius oligospondylus''
I. S. Chen, J. E. Randall & K. H. Loh, 2008
* ''
Uropterygius polyspilus''
(Regan, 1909) (Large-spotted snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius polystictus''
G. S. Myers & Wade
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, 1941 (Many-spotted moray)
* ''
Uropterygius supraforatus''
(Regan, 1909) (Many-toothed snake moray)
* ''
Uropterygius versutus''
W. A. Bussing, 1991 (Two-holes moray)
* ''
Uropterygius wheeleri''
Blache, 1967
* ''
Uropterygius xanthopterus''
Bleeker, 1859 (Freckleface reef-eel)
* ''
Uropterygius xenodontus''
McCosker & D. G. Smith, 1997 (Black snake moray)
Formerly included species
* ''
Anarchias cantonensis
''Anarchias cantonensis'' is a moray eel commonly known as the Canton Island moray or the Canton moray. '' – formerly ''Uropterygius cantonensis''
References
Muraenidae
Ray-finned fish genera
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